Library

Library Programs and Resources

Library Media Mission Statement
The library media center is an integral part of the educational process and as such will be utilized in conjunction with the classroom curriculum. The library media center serves as an extension of the classroom.

Selection Philosophy
Print and non-print materials will be selected, organized, and utilized so that students are challenged and motivated to pursue academic, emotional, and recreational interests.

	Big Park Community School Library
	West Sedona School Library
	Sedona Red Rock High School Library
	Sedona Public Library
	Arizona State Library

Library Magazine Article Search	SIRS Knowledge Source	World Book OnLine
	sedonah 86336	World Book Training Guide

Search Sites for the World Wide Web

Child Safe Search Engines from SafeKids.com
The above sites, as far as we know, will not return sexually explicit, violent or hateful content.

AltaVista	Ask Jeeves	DogPile	Galaxy	Geniusfind
Google	HotBot	Lycos	Go	ixquick
MetaCrawler	Open Directory Project	Search	SearchBug	TheBigHub
WebCrawler	Yahoo!	Yahooligans!

Research Resources

My Virtual Reference Desk - the single best source for facts

Acronym and Abbreviation Server
American Journalism Review: Links to all of the greatest journalism sites on the web.
America's Library: We hope you will find this Web site (from the Library of Congress) entertaining and fun to use. And, of course, we hope you will learn something from it. The site was designed especially with young people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages, and we hope children and their families will want to explore this site together.

Apple Learning Interchange & Arizona Learning Interchange
ASSET - Arizona School Services Through Educational Technology
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: Who said What?
Dictionary.com: Online dictionaries, Thesaurus, Translators, grammar help, etc.
Homeworkspot
Internet Public Library: The Internet Public Library is an educational initiative of the University of Michigan School of Information and is sponsored by Bell & Howell Information and Learning.
: With links to BookSpot, EmploymentSpot, GenealogySpot, GourmetSpot, HomeworkSpot, etc.

.: This is a picture dictionary with links, for youngsters.
OneLook Dictionaries: 776619 words in 180 dictionaries
Purdue University Libraries
Research-It!
"one-stop" reference desk - dictionary, thesaurus, language & MORE!
Thesaurus.com: Everything you would use your old-fashioned thesaurus for except that this resource is located conveniently online. You'll also find fun features such as the "Word of the Day", crossword puzzles and word search that can be used in the classroom or just for your personal development.
USM Library User Guides: Library Guides from the University Of Mississippi.....GREAT resources!
WordReference.com: Online French, Italian and Spanish Dictionary and Translators